diff --git a/.github/scripts/contrib.sh b/.github/scripts/contrib.sh
index 8ae2aed0a..7ba00acba 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/contrib.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/contrib.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 
 set -e
 
+antispam=", at the domain "
+
 echo "All contributors:"
-git log --pretty=format:' - %ae' CONTRIBUTORS |sort |uniq |sort -f
+git log --pretty=format:' - %ae' CONTRIBUTORS |sort |uniq |sort -f | sed "s/@/$antispam/"
 
 headAuthor=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
+authorAt=$(echo "$headAuthor" | sed "s/@/$antispam/")
 if git log --pretty=format:'%ae' CONTRIBUTORS | grep -q "$headAuthor"; then
-    echo "Author $headAuthor found in CONTRIBUTORS"
+    echo "Author $authorAt found in CONTRIBUTORS"
 else
-    echo "Author $headAuthor NOT found in list"
+    echo "Author $authorAt NOT found in list"
     exit 1
 fi